{{Short description|Indian police officer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Sadanand Vasant Date | honorific_suffix = {{small|PMG IPS}} | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|12|14|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = IPS officer | awards = | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | office = Director General of Maharashtra Police | term_start = 3 January 2026 | term_end = | predecessor = Rashmi Shukla | office1 = Director General of the National Investigation Agency | term_start1 = 1 April 2024 | term_end1 = 2 January 2026 | predecessor1 = Dinkar Gupta | successor1 = Rakesh Aggarwal }} '''Sadanand Date PMG IPS''' (born 14 December 1966)<ref>{{Cite web |title=IPS : Query Result(s) |url=https://dtf.in/wp-content/files/Indian_Police_Service_IPS_-_Civil_List_2014.htm |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=dtf.in}}</ref> is an officer of the 1990 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) belonging to Maharashtra cadre and currently serves as the Director General of Police DGP Maharashtra from 3 January 2026 onwards, whereas he has served as Director General of the National Investigation Agency from 1 April 2024 till 2 January 2026.<ref>{{cite news |title=Senior IPS officer Sadanand Vasant Date, 26/11 hero, takes over as NIA chief |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/sadanand-date-nia-chief-9243844/ |url-access=limited |access-date=2 April 2024 |work=The Indian Express |date=31 March 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sadanand Date appointed NIA chief |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sadanand-date-appointed-nia-chief/article67997114.ece |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 April 2024 |work=The Hindu |agency=IANS |date=27 March 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref>
==Police career == Date has held several important posts at the state and national levels of the IPS, including serving as deputy inspector general of police in the CBI. He gained a doctorate from Savitribai Phule Pune University (in his home town), having previously done postgraduate work in commerce. Date is also a qualified cost and management accountant from Institute of Cost Accountants of India He attended the University of Minnesota under the Humphrey fellowship program, where he studied the theoretical and practical aspects of controlling white-collar and organized crime in the United States. On his return to India he was posted as additional commissioner of police (economic offences wing).<ref>"[http://www.tehelka.com/story_main30.asp?filename=Bu120507Scandal_in.asp Scandal in the Warehouse] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308074935/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main30.asp?filename=Bu120507Scandal_in.asp |date=8 March 2012 }}", ''Tehelka'', 12 May 2007.</ref> He was awarded the President's medal in 2007. He previously held the post of Commissioner of police for Mira-Bhayandar and Vasai-Virar city near Mumbai. Later he held the position of Director General of the Anti Terrorism Squad of Maharashtra.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kumar |first=Vivek |title=Sadanand Date takes charge as new chief of National Investigation Agency |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/sadanand-vasant-date-charge-as-director-general-national-investigation-agency-2521497-2024-04-01 |access-date=2 April 2024 |work=India Today |date=1 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
== Mumbai Attacks == Date was wounded and attracted international attention during the 2008 Mumbai attacks because of his actions resisting terrorists at the Cama and Albless Hospital for women and children. Date was awarded the President's Police Medal for Gallantry for saving lives of women and children at Cama Hospital on 26/11/2008.<ref>{{cite news |title=Senior IPS officer and 26/11 hero Sadanand Vasant Date takes over as NIA chief |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/senior-ips-officer-and-2611-hero-sadanand-vasant-date-takes-over-as-nia-chief/3442303/ |access-date=2 April 2024 |work=The Financial Express |date=31 March 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=26/11 Hero Sadanand Vasant Date Is Chief Of Anti-Terror Agency NIA: 5 Facts |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/who-is-sadanand-vasant-date-new-director-general-of-the-nia-5325870 |access-date=2 April 2024 |work=NDTV |date=28 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=26/11 hero Sadanand Vasant Date becomes new NIA chief |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/nia-chief-date-profile-2954771 |access-date=2 April 2024 |work=Deccan Herald |agency=PTI |date=27 March 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Yadav |first1=Vijay Kumar |title=26/11 attack {{!}} Most challenging event of my career, to stay with me life-long: Sadanand Date |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/26-11-attack-most-challenging-event-of-my-career-to-stay-with-me-life-long-sadanand-date-9042704/ |url-access=limited |access-date=2 April 2024 |work=The Indian Express |date=26 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
== See also == * Gajendra Singh (NSG commando) * Sandeep Unnikrishnan * 2008 Mumbai attacks
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== External links == * [http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/center/humphrey/2005hfellows.html Humphrey Fellows] — bios of fellows, including Sadanand Date, from the official University of Minnesota website * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081209103246/http://www.indsearch.org/pdf/ResearchNewsletter1.pdf Research Newsletter] — abstract of Sadanand Date's PhD research (page 2 of 2)
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